'Were officers sleeping?' SC slams Centre over expired Covid-era drug nods

The Supreme Court rebuked the Centre and the DCGI for failing to act against firms allegedly selling the antifungal drug Liposomal Amphotericin B under expired Covid-19 emergency authorisations. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Aparesh Kumar Singh asked what officials did for five years, noting action began only in February 2026 after the court intervened.